Comamonas testosteroni PSB-4 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from sewage plant material.
mesophilic| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Bacteria |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Betaproteobacteria |
| Order Burkholderiales |
| Family Comamonadaceae |
| Genus Comamonas |
| Species Comamonas testosteroni |
| Full scientific name Comamonas testosteroni (Marcus and Talalay 1956) Tamaoka et al. 1987 |
| Synonyms (1) |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4353 | CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water | ||
| 4353 | MINERAL MEDIUM PH 7.25 (DSMZ Medium 465) | Medium recipe at MediaDive | Name: MINERAL MEDIUM PH 7.25 (DSMZ Medium 465) Composition: Na2HPO4 x 2 H2O 3.5 g/l KH2PO4 1.0 g/l (NH4)2SO4 0.5 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.1 g/l Ca(NO3)2 x 4 H2O 0.05 g/l Na2-EDTA 0.0005 g/l H3BO3 0.0003 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0002 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0002 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0001 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 3e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1e-05 g/l Distilled water |
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4353 | positive | growth | 30 | mesophilic |
| @ref | Chebi-ID | Metabolite | Utilization activity | Kind of utilization tested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68369 | 17128 ChEBI | adipate | + | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 29016 ChEBI | arginine | - | hydrolysis | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | - | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 17634 ChEBI | D-glucose | - | fermentation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 16899 ChEBI | D-mannitol | - | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 16024 ChEBI | D-mannose | - | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 27689 ChEBI | decanoate | + | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 4853 ChEBI | esculin | - | hydrolysis | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 5291 ChEBI | gelatin | - | hydrolysis | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 24265 ChEBI | gluconate | + | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 30849 ChEBI | L-arabinose | - | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 25115 ChEBI | malate | + | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 17306 ChEBI | maltose | - | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 59640 ChEBI | N-acetylglucosamine | - | assimilation | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 17632 ChEBI | nitrate | - | reduction | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 27897 ChEBI | tryptophan | - | energy source | from API 20NE |
| 68369 | 16199 ChEBI | urea | + | hydrolysis | from API 20NE |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabolism | A novel outer-membrane anion channel (porin) as part of a putatively two-component transport system for 4-toluenesulphonate in Comamonas testosteroni T-2. | Mampel J, Maier E, Tralau T, Ruff J, Benz R, Cook AM. | Biochem J | 10.1042/bj20040652 | 2004 | |
| Metabolism | Conjugative plasmids and the degradation of arylsulfonates in Comamonas testosteroni. | Junker F, Cook AM | Appl Environ Microbiol | 10.1128/aem.63.6.2403-2410.1997 | 1997 | |
| Metabolism | Degradative pathways for p-toluenecarboxylate and p-toluenesulfonate and their multicomponent oxygenases in Comamonas testosteroni strains PSB-4 and T-2. | Junker F, Saller E, Schlafli Oppenberg HR, Kroneck PM, Leisinger T, Cook AM | Microbiology (Reading) | 10.1099/00221287-142-9-2419 | 1996 | |
How to citeIf you want to cite this particular strain cite the following doi:
https://doi.org/10.13145/bacdive2916.20251217.10
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BacDive in 2025: the core database for prokaryotic strain data
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